schänden

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to desecrate; to dishonour
  2. (dated, literary, transitive, weak) to violate; to rape; to ravish

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɛndən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German schenden, from Old High German skenten, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan.

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